| Retrograde (retrograde) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Re"tro*grade |
| [L.
retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to
retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F.
rétrograde. See Grade.] |
Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the
succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a
planet.
Tending or moving backward; having a
backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed
to progressive.
Declining from a better to a worse state;
as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals,
etc.
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| Retrograde (retrograde) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Re"tro*grade |
|
To go in a
retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a
planet.
Hence, to decline from a better to a worse
condition, as in morals or intelligence.
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